The Witcher 3 Update 1.30 Is Live, Game of the Year Edition Trailer Arrives

August 30, 2016
Written by Jason Dunning

CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt update 1.30 is now available to download on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Reportedly a 450MB to 3.9GB download, depending on your platform, here’s what’s changing with today’s The Witcher 3 update:

Corrects the value of the Adrenaline Rush buff during the fight against a group of bandits in the “Capture the Castle” quest.

Introduces tweaks to the loot randomization system.

Dealing a killing blow now generates the correct amount of Adrenaline.

Fixes issue whereby Roach’s tail could vanish.

For those affected by this issue, swapping saddles, saving the game and then loading that save is recommended.

Adjusts the maximum level for items, quests and NPCs to address level requirement discrepancies if player started NG+ on a very high level. Item and quest maximum level is now 100. NPCs maximum level is 105.

Corrects the statistics of the Hen Gaidth and Tesham Mutna sets in New Game + mode.

Fixes issue whereby the Toussaint Knight’s Steel Sword Diagram was not added to the crafting page after looting it.

Fixes issue whereby it was not possible to kill Morkvarg in New Game + mode during the “In Wolf’s Clothing quest”.

Fixes issue whereby it was occasionally not possible to use the Alchemy Table at Corvo Bianco.

Fixes issue whereby the progression of the “Equine Phantoms” quest could occasionally be blocked.

Fixes issue whereby the objective to wear attire befitting the occasion could be displayed indefinitely after the player fulfilled it in the “The Man from Cintra” quest.

Fixes issue whereby the quest “Contract: Bovine Blues” could not be completed if the “Big Feet to Fill” point of interest had not been completed.

Fixes issue whereby Vivienne could despawn in the “The Warble of a Smitten Knight” quest.

Fixes issue whereby the progression of the “Feet Cold As Ice” quest could occasionally be blocked.

Fixes issue whereby it was possible to inadvertently reactivate the objective of the “Feet Cold As Ice” quest.

Fixes additional instances of an issue whereby the borders meant to exist only during the “Night of Long Fangs” quest would sometimes become enabled outside the duration of the quest, preventing users from exploring Toussaint.

Hughes is now spawned correctly following the “One more day” choice in the “Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite!” quest.

It is no longer possible to get trapped inside The Pheasantry during the progression of the “Gwent: Never Fear, Skellige’s Here” quest.

Fixes issue whereby the progression of the “Big Feet to Fill” quest could occasionally be blocked.

Fixes issue whereby the statues in the “Extreme Cosplay” quest occasionally would not spawn.

Fixes issue whereby the bruxa in the “The Beast of Toussaint” quest would display pacifist tendencies, whereas the progression of the story needed her to turn hostile.

Fixes issue whereby it was not possible to interact with the footsteps during the crime scene investigation in the “The Beast of Toussaint” quest.

Fixes issue whereby it could be impossible to talk to the quest giver in the quest titled “Knight for Hire.”

Also released today is The Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition/Complete Edition, which bundles together The Witcher 3 (“the most awarded game of 2015”) and all of its DLC and patches. Priced at $49.99 USD/£39.99 through the PlayStation Store, Sony says it’s a 39.3GB download.

The Game of the Year Edition includes a separate Trophy list from The Witcher 3, and your existing saves from The Witcher 3 won’t transfer over to the GOTY Edition.